Donald Trump Insists He's "The Least Racist," "Wonderful"

Donald Trump arrives at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to boos. Brandon Kopp's Flickr

Donald Trump's fixation on how President Obama got into Columbia and Harvard has been seen by many as a not-so-subtle suggestion that he only got into an Ivy League school simply because of affirmative action. African-American professor Michael Eric Dyson calls this "racism by inference," and told "Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer, "[Obama] is standing in for the rest of us as African-Americans. We are constantly questioned as to our legitimacy—whether we belong or not." Even David Letterman took Trump to task, saying that he should be prepared to apologize at an upcoming Late Show appearance. In response, Trump canceled and sent Dave one of his peevish letters.

"I was disappointed to hear the statements you made about me last night on your show that I was a 'racist,' " Trump wrote to Letterman. "In actuality, nothing could be further from the truth and there is nobody who is less of a racist than Donald Trump. Based upon your statements, and despite the fact that we have always done so well together, especially in your ratings, I am canceling my May 18th appearance on your show." Oh noes, now who will tune in to watch Letterman's show on May 18th???

Trump also told CNN he's the "least racist," adding, "I am a wonderful person as far as you would be concerned as to race. And I think everybody that knows me knows that." When asked about his recent use of the term "the blacks" to refer to black people, Trump played the old 'I have black friends' card: "I have many, many black friends who said to me, 'absolutely not a problem.' " Schieffer isn't having it, and said Sunday that Trump's skepticism about Obama's Ivy League worthiness is "just code for saying 'he got into law school because he's black.' This is an ugly strain of racism that's running through this whole thing."

And in a very entertaining interview with the NY Times from his Vegas hotel suite, Trump lashed out at the jokes made at his expense at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. "Seth Meyers has no talent," Trump told the Times. "He fell totally flat. In fact, I thought Seth’s delivery was so bad that he hurt himself." He also explained that he didn't laugh at the jokes because "I am not looking to laugh along with my enemies. It was like a roast of Donald Trump." The tycoon also took a moment to explain his opposition to same-sex marriage, putting it terms all American voters can surely understand:

It’s like in golf. A lot of people — I don’t want this to sound trivial — but a lot of people are switching to these really long putters, very unattractive,” said Mr. Trump, a Republican. “It’s weird. You see these great players with these really long putters, because they can’t sink three-footers anymore. And, I hate it. I am a traditionalist. I have so many fabulous friends who happen to be gay, but I am a traditionalist.

And this just in! Trump has addressed the news of bin Laden's death. "I want to personally congratulate President Obama and the men and women of the Armed Forces for a job well done," Trump said in a statement. "I am so proud to see Americans standing shoulder to shoulder, waving the American flag in celebration of this great victory. We should spend the next several days not debating party politics, but in remembrance of those who lost their lives on 9/11 and those currently fighting for our freedom. God Bless America!"

So for the next several days, if you The Donald, remember 9/11; don't boo him:

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By John Del Signore in News on May 2, 2011 1:56 PM

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soxinthecity

I hope Trump runs as a 3rd party candidate (WND Party?), so the likes of Goddess of the Sea don't have to hold their nose and vote for Romney.

ANGRYGOD11

My favorite part is Trump attacking gay marriage because he, thrice married and twice divorced, claims to be a traditionalist.

whatidsay

Hey Goddess of The Sea, let us know if you find Osama while you're down there...I'd love to see some physical evidence.

Goddess Of The Sea

Racist??? NOT SO MUCH! "SCAPEGOAT" FOR ISLAM AND COOPERATIVE CORRUPTION OWNING MEDIA AND PLANTING CHARACTER ASSASSINATION

Goddess Of The Sea

Who says lies such as they killed the worlds greatest terrorist when all they have really done is annihilated America's military and destroyed America in 2 years and gets away with it. And who cares if Donald Trump has fun tooting his own horn when his actions say he is the President of the United States! He has "taken full responsibility"...and who would you want to stand behind when the bombs from Saudi Arabia start dropping? The man who did the weapons deal? The Quran says they will steal all our money, take all our weapons and turn them in on us. Donald Trump would be the man to stand behind incase one doesn't know that answer. Go on info wars and see how many times Presidents and leaders have claimed to have killed Bin Laden. Theres approx 10-20 killings of this man and it seems to come at election time. Need more vodka with that kool aid? ~%^/

NlGGAZ

Who the fuck toots their own horn and says "I am a wonderful person"? who? I've never met anyone who's ever said that.

Rocknrope

Megalomaniacs do.

Guest

maybe he wants to come out...

Goddess Of The Sea

April Considered US' Deadliest Month in Iraq Since 2009

The death of an American soldier on Friday made April the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Iraq since 2009, AFP reports.

According to a statement released by the U.S. military on Saturday, the soldier "was killed April 29 while conducting operations in southern Iraq."

The soldier's death brought the U.S.' total Iraq death tally in April to 11.

The last time the death toll was brought to 11 was in November 2009, showing the risks American soldiers still face even with operations officially declared over last summer
linkwww.foxnews.com/world/2011...

dept54321

Jesus Christ. Didn't Fordham make Trump take some kind of freshman composition? His writing is atrocious.

ktinnyc

He didn't pay much attention at Fordham, he knew sooner or later his daddy would buy him a seat to Wharton.

Goddess Of The Sea

BTW, Did u guys enjoy America's ocean being drowned in 200,000,000 gallons of oil 2,000,000 gallons of core exit, the disposing of responsibility to TA, as the man in office was wheeling and cajoling with the social elite 3 events back to back collecting money, hosting state parties, SUSPENDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH as the thousands were gassed and poisoned in the Gulf Of Mexico. What are the possibilities Macondo well is named after OHYOS with the cursed city MACONDO surrounded by circus mirrors? Once metaphoric the fall of Columbia, now CIRCULAR TIME VARIATION metaphoric the conquering of America? OHYOS by Gabriel Garcia Marquez noble prize winner, is about King Solomon leading the invasion to "exterminate" the christians and jews. On April 26, 2011 I looked the man in offices miles on some random site. The numbers looked like a code. And he said he's a muslim on you tube. So I researched Quran numerology and added the numbers accordingly and from 10,666 got 19, and from 180,000 got 9 and from 53,300 got 11 http://rabidrepublicanblog.com... . The meaning of 19 is signature of Allah, the meaning of the rest is 9/11 REVELATIONS 9:11 IS "EXTERMINATION"...one shouldn't be able to get these numbers from a christian or jewish mans miles. He campaigned as a christian. When did he turn his back on christianity? Theres a lot showing that too online. And the two hundred million is an unusual number to see repeated in yet more religious prophecy events Pharaoh...http://areyouwatchingorsleeping.com/t...... What are the other possibilities here, please let me know? We have every person who opposes the man in office the velvet glove with the iron fist get thrashed such as Jan Brewer, Mc Chrystal, Judge Feldman, the boy from the UK, Assange ETC ETC. We had more death from chaos and disasters in America in the last two years than the last 10combined with Haarp and Scalar, deadliest year of military, dying dollar, collapsing gov. America is dying, over! Now Donald Trump is getting character assassination when he's trying to save us. These few people who spoke up against whats transpiring are all heroes for America in my opinion. The bigger force of evil is the one that these people are trying to save us from. And also please let me know why theres a $60billion weapon deal with King Abdullah who spends hundreds of billions on proselytizing that terrorism while they burn churches and blow christians and jews up, also let me know how the botched AK47 Fastnfurious investigation is going. And the Saudi's flying in Idaho, and the wide open border and the energy land grabs, the fannie mae fraud, the banks collapsing. ETC Stop discrediting and persecuting your own. People are being manipulated so that they destroy the people who protect us. How can Donald Trump be a raciest? Is it possible that people are being manipulated so they don't see the truth. What I think is America and 5 continents govs are being collapsed and America is being capitulated to Saudi Arabia for religious persecution and these articles with character assassination are planted to make the masses discredit and persecute their own for an evil powerful private agenda. Donald Trump is a really good man. Back him.

dept54321

tl;dr

sleepswitheyesopen

Word vomit. I got as far as 2,000,000 gallons.

Rocknrope

I think the tinfoil hat slipped down over your eyes. Paragraphs are your friends.

souper_crackers

Copypasta doesn't format.

Roger_the_Shrubber

Anybody who dares question, criticize or mocks the current president is a racist. I mean what other possible motive could there be? He's just such a perfect man with the greatest policies ever. We should all genuflect before our messiah. Anything less than reverence and adulation would be outright bigotry.

Guest

I noticed something watching Bill Maher the other day. You can watch liberals on that show sitting there ready to pounce on whomever Bill has representing the conservative side, never listening to what the conservative has to say, because the liberal already has their talking points ready and will not deviate from those to correctly address whatever it is the conservative is talking about. I'm guessing the same shit goes on in Congress, so that's why nothing real ever gets done.

Rocknrope

And this is different from conservatives who debate liberals on Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, or any other right leaning media figure how?

Guest

No different at all. I just want it to stop and for these idiots to accomplish
something instead of sounding like little children playing na-na-na-boo-boo.

I don't watch any right wing media because I want to keep my televisions intact
with no bullet holes or bottles thrown through them. I only watch Bill Maher
because I think he's extremely funny and he invites both sides to talk it out.

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